User blog comment:Neilneil1001yt/Return of the Clickbait Overlord/@comment-32452525-20180404120955/@comment-32358261-20180404220001

He won’t get money but rather the video gets promoted more. Therefore being exposed to more people and more people are watching those ads. So while views don’t directly give him money, the likes, watch time and views help in making more people see the click bait content.

Also don’t bother checking. It’s not worth him getting attention. For example, Logan Paul made a the suicide forest video early this year which blew up and created loads of controversy. Yet he still gained a million subs while not uploading any videos.